osteoblastoma

/os·teo·blas·to·ma/ (os″te-o-blas-to´mah) a benign, painful, rather vascular tumor of bone marked by formation of osteoid tissue and primitive bone.

osteoblastoma

[-blastō′mə]pl. osteoblastomas, osteoblastomata

a small, benign, fairly vascular tumor of poorly formed bone and fibrous tissue, occurring most frequently in the vertebrae, femur, tibia, or bones of the upper extremities in children and young adults. The tumor may cause pain, erosion, and resorption of native bone. Excision is the preferred treatment. Also called osteoid osteoma.

osteoblastoma

A bone lesion which is traditionally defined as a benign tumour of highly vascularised osteoblastic stroma, which is most common between age 5 and 25, and often located in vertebrae.

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